Variable: comint-ptyp

comint-ptyp is a buffer-local variable defined in comint.el.gz.

Documentation

Non-nil if communications via pty; false if by pipe. Buffer local.

This is to work around a bug in Emacs process signaling.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/comint.el.gz
;; Fixme: Is this still relevant?
(defvar-local comint-ptyp t
  ;; FIXME: What bug and how does this work around that bug?
  "Non-nil if communications via pty; false if by pipe.  Buffer local.
This is to work around a bug in Emacs process signaling.")